Cynthia Weil, a Brill Constructing songwriter who penned many hits alongside her husband Barry Mann, died on Thursday on the age of 82.
Her daughter, Jenn Mann, confirmed the information with TMZ. “My mom, Cynthia Weil, was the best mom, grandmother and spouse our household may ever ask for,” she mentioned. “She was my greatest good friend, confidant, and my associate in crime and an idol and trailblazer for girls in music.”
Barry Mann added, “I am a fortunate man. I had two for one, my spouse and one of many best songwriters on the earth, my soul and inspiration.”
Weil, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, educated at first as an actress and dancer earlier than pursuing songwriting. She and Mann, additionally a New York native, wed in 1961, and the couple shortly grew to become one of the vital outstanding writing duos to work within the well-known Brill Constructing. Collectively they penned hits like “You have Misplaced That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway,” “Make Your Personal Form of Music,” “Strolling within the Rain,” “You are My Soul and Inspiration,” “Right here You Come Once more” and dozens extra.
Their songs had been recorded by the likes of the Righteous Brothers, Cass Elliot, the Crystals, the Animals, Elvis Presley, Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton, the Monkees and Chaka Kahn, amongst others.
Take heed to the Righteous Brothers’ ‘You have Misplaced That Lovin’ Feelin”
“We labored nonstop,” Weil instructed Songwriter Universe in 2006. “We wrote and minimize demos, six days per week, for a three-year interval. It appeared like the one associates we had had been [Gerry] Goffin and [Carole] King as a result of they had been the one individuals we knew who had the identical schedule as we did.”
Weil and Mann had been inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 1987; in 2010, they had been the recipients of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame’s Ahmet Ertegun Award, making Weil the first girl to obtain the consideration.
Take heed to Dolly Parton’s ‘Right here You Come Once more’
“You realize, I do not know the place it comes from,” Weil mentioned of her songwriting in an interview with author Gary James. “Once we’re writing, we do not assume by way of hits. We predict by way of songs and good songs that make us be ok with writing. In the event that they occur to be hits, that is nice. On the very starting after we had been with all of the music after we had been youngsters in New York within the ’60s, there was an amazing camaraderie and an amazing competitors up there, so it was way more than enthusiastic about hits and there was extra [than] residing your life by the charts.”
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